I have DSL. I am totally frustrated for weeks. I had tried everything to upgrade my Windows Media Player. It does not work. What am I doing wrong? Specifically could you please explain what should I do with my Windows Media Player to make it work? How can I make the player for me to see the video on the screen with sound without any blanks?
2006-06-12 14:24:39 · 8 answers · asked by ajfj_99 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
all file types don't work? try installing codec as the others have suggested. if that doesn't work....
assuming you have winxp and your player used to work...try going to a previous restore point. I believe you can find this option in your control panel.
you may also want to check the time on your system clock. i know this sounds silly but believe it or not i've had problems with another program not working properly and the solution was setting the correct time/date.
2006-06-12 14:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had the problem a few times.. I'm sorry I don't remember how I fixed it.. I looked up for stuff about it at the microsoft page.
Well.. you should try other files of the same file type.. if they are not working as well.. then.. maybe get a new media player.
VLC Media Player. This player pretty much supports every movie file type out there.. a small but very good media player.. and it even fixes damaged filetypes.. so far if it can.
2006-06-12 21:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by °:·.Your tasty`sunshine´-acid.·° 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mediaplayer May possibly be missing the video Codecs. DIVX or the X Vid Codecs, these are the most used compression softwares that people use to reduce the media file size so that they can be uploaded on the internet.
You can download these free Codecs from the internet
Divx and Xvid are the codecs that you needs to install.
2006-06-12 21:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by Sunny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is most likely that you are missing a codec for your media player. (Codecs are small add-ons that decode your videos). To get a codec, go to Media Players' Tools --> Options --> Player and check Enable Codec Download. As well, check Check for updates once a day.
If you dont want to bother with downloading codecs, you can always download the VLC player (another media player that has all codecs) for free at www.videolan.org/vlc
2006-06-12 21:29:38 · answer #4 · answered by Leon Wu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to download a codec from www.divx.com and install it. That should fix it. In the rare case that the movie is encoded using xvid, you would need to get that codec instead of the divx codec. I'm not sure which site to use for that.
2006-06-12 21:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by andrey_v_b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download a codec pack. If you're playing any kind of downloaded videos, sometimes they require codecs which Windows didn't come with.
2006-06-12 21:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download mediaplayer10, it has all the codecs you need, or check the file type of what you want to play, it may reqiure a stand alone player like realplayer or quicktime or divx 1,2,3,4,5,6 ect ect...lol
2006-06-12 21:31:34 · answer #7 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you dont have the necessary codecs. Download and install them. You better first try the Divx codec(latest one)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/format/codecdownload.aspx
http://www.soft32.com/download_2592.html
http://www.updatexp.com/divx-codec-for-windows-media-player.html
2006-06-12 21:41:11 · answer #8 · answered by THE BEAST 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋